THE NEGATIVE TRADE-OFFS OF AN ECO-RESPONSIBLE APPROACH

Every eco-responsible approach comes with trade-offs; there is no approach without any negative impact, other than not producing at all. The key is first and foremost to assess and define these trade-offs, identify at which stage they occur, and understand how to improve or eliminate them depending on the real constraints of your production. The goal is to evolve your products with your resources while being aware of these trade-offs. How do you explain this to your community? A responsible approach with the fewest possible trade-offs is above all about taking the time to develop products, rather than maintaining an accelerated development pace that leaves no room to improve these trade-offs.

Here are the questions we will address:

 - What is a negative externality?

 - How can you identify your negative externalities?

 - Can the negative impacts of your approach be measured?

 - Negative externalities, positive externalities: is there a…